Quest is extremely grateful for the continued support received from the company's shareholders and investors.While the Japanese economy has maintained a modest recovery with sustained improvements in the employment situation and steady increases in capital spending, we still find our situation difficult to predict due to factors including geopolitical risks from the effects of United States policy trends, economic changes in other Asian countries such as China, and the situation with North Korea.

As we look out at the changes and direction of the IT service industry our company is involved in, we can see:

Quest sees these changes in the business environment as opportunities for new growth. To strive toward our corporate vision, "To be a trusted partner together with our customers through enhancing the value of IT," we will engage in the following initiatives as part of the medium-term three-year plan beginning in FY2018.

Prepare new technologies that are essential for the growing digital network society (upfront investment in new technologies, new solutions, and professional human resources development)

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Pursue M&A to achieve our medium-term plan

Quest will be working to achieve its Medium-term Business Plan objectives through the effective implementation of the key points listed above.

A key management priority of Quest is the stable return of profits to its shareholders.
Quest will enhance its corporate value over the medium- and long-term. At the same time, it will position the provision of stable shareholder returns as an important corporate challenge. In addition to enhancement of its financial performance, Quest will secure sufficient internal reserves towards the future acquisition of technologies and human resources as well as carry out proactive profit allocation. As our basic policy on dividends of surplus, Quest aims for DOE (dividend on equity ratio) of 5% in the interest of stabile profit distribution to shareholders, and ROE (return on equity) of 10%.
Going forward Quest will continue to carry out highly transparent group-wide management and work towards further enhancement of corporate value as well as sustained growth. We ask our shareholders and investors for your continued understanding and support as we endeavor to fulfill our goals.